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Tony Popovic gets FA backing but is he is right man to take Socceroos forward? | Jack Snape

The Guardian · 3 days ago

Australia
Australia
1
FIFA WC26
1-1
Finished
Egypt
Egypt
1

Key moments
  1. 13'

    Goal
    EMAM ASHOUR (Egypt) scores!!
  2. 55'

    Goal
    MOHAMED HANY (Egypt) scores an own
  3. 91'

    Yellow card
    SAAFAN ELSAGHIR (Staff) (Egypt) is booked
  4. 104'

    Yellow card
    HAISSEM HASSAN (Egypt) is booked by
  5. 120'

    Yellow card
    YASSER IBRAHIM (Egypt) is booked by
Squads
Australia squad
  • Selected
  • 3 Alessandro CIRCATI
    Defender
  • 5 Jordan BOS
    Defender
  • 8 Connor METCALFE
    Midfielder
  • 13 Aiden ONEILL
    Midfielder
  • 16 Aziz BEHICH
    Defender
  • 17 Nestory IRANKUNDA
    Forward
  • 18 Patrick BEACH
    Goalkeeper
  • 19 Harry SOUTTAR
    C Defender
  • 20 Cristian VOLPATO
    Forward
  • 22 Jackson IRVINE
    Midfielder
  • 25 Lucas HERRINGTON
    Defender
  • 1 Mathew RYAN
    Goalkeeper
  • 2 Milos DEGENEK
    Defender
  • 6 Jason GERIA
    Defender
  • 9 Mohamed TOURE
    Forward
  • 10 Ajdin HRUSTIC
    Forward
  • 11 Awer MABIL
    Forward
  • 12 Paul Izzo
    Goalkeeper
  • 14 Cameron DEVLIN
    Midfielder
  • 15 Kai TREWIN
    Defender
  • 21 Cameron BURGESS
    Defender
  • 23 Nishan VELUPILLAY
    Forward
  • 24 Paul OKON-ENGSTLER
    Midfielder
  • 26 Tete YENGI
    Forward
  • Full squad
  • 4 Jacob ITALIANO
    Defender
  • 7 Mathew LECKIE
    Forward
Egypt squad
  • Selected
  • 2 YASSER IBRAHIM
    Defender
  • 3 MOHAMED HANY
    Defender
  • 5 RAMY RABIA
    Defender
  • 8 EMAM ASHOUR
    Midfielder
  • 10 MOHAMED SALAH
    C Forward
  • 11 MOSTAFA ZICO
    Midfielder
  • 14 HAMDY FATHY
    Midfielder
  • 15 KARIM HAFEZ
    Defender
  • 19 MARAWAN ATTIA
    Midfielder
  • 22 OMAR MARMOUSH
    Forward
  • 23 MOSTAFA SHOUBIR
    Goalkeeper
  • 1 MOHAMED ELSHENAWY
    Goalkeeper
  • 4 HOSSAM ABDELMAGUID
    Defender
  • 7 TREZEGUET
    Forward
  • 9 HAMZA ABDELKARIM
    Forward
  • 12 Haissem HASSAN
    Forward
  • 16 MAHDY SOLIMAN
    Goalkeeper
  • 18 NABIL DONGA
    Midfielder
  • 20 IBRAHIM ADEL
    Forward
  • 21 MAHMOUD SABER
    Midfielder
  • 24 TAREK ALAA
    Defender
  • 25 ZIZO
    Forward
  • 26 MOHAMED ALAA
    Goalkeeper
  • Full squad
  • 6 MOHAMED ABDELMONEIM
    Defender
  • 13 AHMED FATOUH
    Defender
  • 17 MOHANAD LASHIN
    Midfielder

The coach has the support of his employers and players for now but there will be a push for creativity to trump his defensive mindset There has been an avalanche of criticism tumble upon Tony Popovic in the wake of Australia’s shootout loss to Egypt, for which he brought on Maty Ryan and asked 18-year-old…

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